Market alerts in the web trader: unusual moves, Movers today and notifications

Updated 12 November 2026

Market alerts flag price moves that are unusual for a market. The web trader (https://terminal.jafx.com) creates them by itself from the prices. You cannot set a price alert of your own, for example "tell me when EUR/USD reaches a level": the web trader has no such feature.

The panel says: "Alerts flag unusual price moves on the JAFX feed. They're information, not trading advice."

Open the alerts

Choose Alerts in the left menu. On a phone, press Tools in the bottom bar, then Alerts; the panel opens full screen.
The Market alerts panel has two tabs, Alerts and Movers today, and a settings button (Alert settings).

A number on the Alerts button counts the alerts you have not seen yet.

Read an alert

Part of the alert	What it means
Arrow, market and percentage	Which way the market moved and by how much, for example "+0.45%".
"15m" or "1h"	How long the move took. A longer run shows, for example, "4h 11m".
Big move	The move was especially large. Only big moves pop up on screen.
"30× its usual 15-minute move · 65% of a typical day"	How unusual the move is: its size against what that market usually does, and against its typical daily range.
A line naming a release	The economic release the move landed on, with the actual and expected figures where known.
"Then peaked …", "1h later …", "4h later …"	What the price did afterwards, measured from where the move started.

Each alert has three buttons:

Chart opens the market's chart: 15-minute alerts on M15, 1-hour alerts on H1.
Ask AI why asks JAFX AI what drove the move. You must be logged in.
Mute stops alerts for that market.

Alerts that fire together and share a driver are shown as one card, for example "USD weakening · 4 markets".

The Alerts tab lists the last 24 hours. Press Show earlier for "Alerts from the last 7 days". The panel adds: "Each market's chart shows its alerts from the last 90 days." If there are none, you see "No unusual moves in the last 24 hours."

If an alert is for a market your account does not list, Chart shows a message that the market "isn't in this account's market list."

What happened next

For 4 hours after an alert, the web trader follows the price and then labels the alert:

Label	Meaning
Kept going	The price went 20% or more beyond the move.
Held	At least half of the move was kept.
Faded	Less than half of the move was kept.
Reversed	The price went back past where the move started.

The panel says: "Past alerts show what happened next, not what will happen."

Movers today

Movers today ranks the "biggest moves since today's open, compared with each market's typical day". Each row shows the market, the percentage and a figure such as "1.4× day". Click a row to open its chart. When markets are closed it says "Markets are closed — showing the last session."

How alerts are triggered

When there are no alerts, the panel explains: "An alert fires when a market moves at least 5× more than it usually does in 15 or 60 minutes." The full rules are under How alerts work in Alert settings. In short:

The move must also be large for that market, measured against its typical daily range.
When a move keeps going the same way, the new leg updates the same alert instead of adding another.
Rollover and the first hour after a market opens are ignored.

Alert settings

Press the settings button at the top of the panel.

Setting	What it does
Markets	Tick the asset classes you want alerts for: Forex, Metals, Energy, Indices, Stocks, Other.
Only my markets	Shows only "Favourites and markets you have a position in."
Pop-up alerts	"Show big moves at the top of the screen." A sound plays with the pop-up. On unless you switch it off.
Browser notifications	"Notify me when the JAFX tab is in the background." Off until you switch it on; your browser then asks for permission.
Muted	The markets you muted. Click one to unmute it.

Your settings are saved in the browser you are using, so set them again on another browser or device.

If you did not get a pop-up or notification

Check the alert was a Big move. Other alerts appear in the panel only.
Open Alert settings and check that Pop-up alerts is on, the market is not under Muted, its asset class is ticked and Only my markets is not hiding it.
For Browser notifications, the web trader must be open in a browser tab. If the setting reads "Blocked in your browser settings for this site.", allow notifications for terminal.jafx.com in your browser. If it reads "This browser doesn't support notifications.", use another browser.

Need more help?

We can explain how the alerts work, but we cannot tell you whether to trade on one. We are available 24/7 via live chat or email (support@jafx.com).

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